Maria Ricossa

Known for: Acting

Born: 1950-07-18 (age 75)

From: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Maria Ricossa's professional life began in Chicago with The Second City. She then moved to Toronto where she joined The Stratford Festival Company. In Film & TV, Maria is known for her roles in The Inlaws, Bojangles and The Space Between and recurring roles in The Strain, Designated Survivor, Da Kink in my Hair & Missing.

Filmography (69)

TV★ 7.4
Sheriff Country
2025
as Bernice 'Bernie' Wambach
MOVIE★ 4.8
Christmas Casanova
2023
as Patty Schultz
TV★ 7.2
Painkiller
2023
as Else Sackler
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Royal Recipe for Love
2023
as Queen Evelyn Batcher
MOVIE★ 6.5
Luckless in Love
2023
as Evette
MOVIE★ 6.0
Love and the Radio Star
2022
as Amy
MOVIE★ 6.0
Cabin Connection
2022
as Kim
TV★ 6.9
Clarice
2021
as Lila Gumb
MOVIE★ 6.4
Heart of the Holidays
2020
as Tammy Wallace
MOVIE★ 6.1
Astronaut
2019
as Journalist
MOVIE★ 6.2
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
2018
as Helen
MOVIE★ 6.0
Bathroom Rules
2018
as Ms. Warren
TV
Save Me
2017
as Fiorella
TV★ 7.3
Private Eyes
2016
as Eleanor Brown
MOVIE★ 6.3
Christmas Incorporated
2015
as Interviewer 2
TV★ 7.6
Blood and Water
2015
as Professor Colleen Bradley
TV★ 7.7
Good Witch
2015
as Ida Elliott
TV★ 7.5
The Strain
2014
as Margaret Pierson
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Good Sister
2014
as Psychiatrist
MOVIE★ 6.4
Catch a Christmas Star
2013
as Shelley
TV★ 7.0
King & Maxwell
2013
as Hilary Cunningham
MOVIE★ 6.3
Fairfield Road
2010
as Mayor Grant
TV★ 7.7
Warehouse 13
2009
as Warden Corinne Huggins
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
2009
as Nora
TV★ 7.3
Flashpoint
2008
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Note
2007
as Nora Chilsen
MOVIE★ 7.0
What If God Were the Sun?
2007
as Alma
MOVIE★ 5.5
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
2006
as Mrs. Stifler
MOVIE★ 5.0
Absolution
2006
as Maria Toratelli
TV★ 6.0
The Jane Show
2006
as Gwen
MOVIE★ 6.9
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006
as Sandy Bishop
MOVIE★ 8.0
Drive Time Murders
2006
as Dr. Emily Wilmont
MOVIE★ 4.9
Some Things That Stay
2004
as Mrs. Burns
MOVIE★ 6.5
Finding John Christmas
2003
as Marcy Bernard
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sex & the Single Mom
2003
as Deena
TV★ 6.9
Missing
2003
as Toni Mastriani
MOVIE★ 5.6
The In-Laws
2003
as Katherine Peyser
MOVIE★ 6.1
Out of the Ashes
2003
as Esther Jacob
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Brady Bunch in the White House
2002
as Kelly Brooks
TV★ 7.2
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
2002
as Miranda Hogan
MOVIE★ 5.0
Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story
2002
as Judge Levine
MOVIE★ 5.1
Her Best Friend's Husband
2002
as Lorraine
TV★ 7.6
Degrassi
2001
as Kate Kerwin
MOVIE★ 4.7
Harvard Man
2001
as Charlotte Jensen
MOVIE★ 5.8
My Husband's Double Life
2001
as Linda Berg
TV★ 7.6
Doc
2001
MOVIE★ 8.2
Bojangles
2001
as Rae
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
1999
as Estelle Jenkins
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Map of the World
1999
as Realtor
TV★ 6.2
Twice in a Lifetime
1999
as Olympia
MOVIE★ 3.0
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999
as Maria Hermann
TV★ 7.5
Brimstone
1998
as Curator
TV★ 6.8
Earth: Final Conflict
1997
as Dr. Morrison
TV★ 6.8
Riverdale
1997
as Chrisa Stavros
MOVIE★ 6.0
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
1996
as Liz
MOVIE★ 6.8
Goosebumps: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
1996
as Mrs. Tucker
TV★ 8.0
Goosebumps
1995
as Mrs. Tucker
MOVIE★ 5.7
Butterbox Babies
1995
as Mrs. Kellerman
TV★ 7.6
Due South
1994
as Head Mover
MOVIE★ 7.1
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Gym Parent
MOVIE★ 6.4
Gregory K
1993
as Marie Esteban
MOVIE★ 6.8
To Catch a Killer
1992
as Helen Gacy
MOVIE★ 10.0
Last Wish
1992
as Dr. Millicent Findlay
MOVIE★ 6.6
Dead Man Out
1989
as Prison Doctor
TV★ 7.3
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
as Lysa Redding
MOVIE
Twelfth Night
1986
as Olivia
TV★ 7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Torre
TV★ 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
MOVIE★ 5.9
Class
1983
as Table Friend